Harry Shearer

The Brightest of Her Age: How Author JK Rowling Triumphed Over Poverty, Depression, and Became one of the Most Successful Authors in History Before Harry Potter was a best-selling novel, with a multimillion dollar business, a theme park, and several movies to its name, The Boy Who Lived was no more than an a couple of sentences, scribbled between the pages of a notebook. Long before her rise to fame, J.K. Rowling, author of history’s best-selling fantasy series, spent several years in as a single

The Golden Compass and the Harry Potter serious are both very well known and loved by many. In both stories the main characters are faced with challenges that force them to think and overcome obstacles. However, the way each book handles how the characters are able to b tackle those problems differ slightly. In the Golden Compass, Lyra tries to avoid books and the teachers around the place she calls home, Jordan College. She would prefer to play and learn through forming her own opinions and by

“by offering a proactive feminist interpretation” they will show that “there are alternative radical readings of the series for both children and adults” (191). They use several criteria to prove their point by showing that the story of the hero Harry Potter is a “cyclical” feminine narrative (191). They show this by presenting that the plot moves from a “passive” and difficult home life into the “active” world of Hogwarts and back again repeatedly (191). This format is used in strictly traditional

PTSD Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is a mental health condition that Harry Potter in the book and series suffers from PTSD which gives him anxiety, nightmares, and sometimes to lash out on the loved ones. Post-traumatic stress disorder is a psychological disorder in which a patient demonstrates flashbacks and severe anxiety such as Harry Potter in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hollows Part 2. In this movie Harry is in a struggle with his nemesis Voldemort and suffers greatly with all the loss

traits and attributes. Two books that show that are, The Devil and His Boy by Anthony Horowitz and Harry Potter and The Deathly Hallows by J.K Rowling. The two main characters Harry and Tom are respected heroes and are acknowledged. These two books have heroes that are similar and different. They got to know the past and the objects that were passed down from generation to generation. First Harry had an invisibility cloak that was part of the deathly hallows. In the text, it states,”So it could

As with any form of someone’s artistic creation there are bound to be good and bad opinions or criticisms. So when someone writes a book they know it will not please everyone. However, do any authors ever think, “Not only can my book be ill-received, but it might even get banned.” Now what does it mean for a book to be banned? Well it means that reading said book is not allowed either by school, state or even country. To enforce the banning libraries and bookstores will not have the books available

Harry Potter And the Number 7: How The Number 7 Played A Role In The Tale Of The Boy That Lived Fans all over the world will know the story of Harry Potter - the boy who lived. However, there is one fact, most people seem to overlook and that is the use of the number 7. Throughout the series, the number is used in a number of times throughout the series. In the outside world, the number 7 is said to be a lucky number. However, in the Wizarding World, the 7 isn’t seen a lucky number at all. Today’s

Discovering bravery can bring us confidence, and courage, and character. The stories The Lost Years of Merlin by T.A. Barron, Bob Choi’s Last Job by Jonathan Stroud, and Swords That Talk by Brent Hartinger all have the same trait of bravery. The main protagonists of these stories show that they are willing to give up anything in exchange for someone else’s life. In three different stories, three different protagonists illustrate how bravery can overpower anything. In The Lost Years of Merlin

Thematic Analysis Synthesis Essay Harry Potter and Great Expectations may be set in different worlds and at different time periods, yet the characters actually have similar experiences and go through some of the same things. Loss of innocence is essentially growing up and realizing that the world and the people in it are much different than you thought they were previously. Harry arrives at Hogwarts and learns about the world of wizardry and the danger involved in it. Pip moves to London and realizes

Harry Potter A young, scrawny boy who wears horn-rimmed glasses and has a scar on his forehead has catapulted into the hearts of millions of readers, young and old alike. This same boy has generated nationwide controversy over censorship versus freedom of speech. In particular, the community of Zeeland, Michigan has banned reading aloud from Harry Potter and required written parental permission to check the book out from the school library. Although the Zeeland community as well